Fishing-bait.



W. SELIG.

FISHING BAIT. APPLICATION FILED 0071.27, 1913- Patented Nov. 3, 1914-.

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WILLIAM SELIG, OFJPRINCE RUPERT,BRITISH'COLUMBIA, CANADA.

FISHING-BAIT.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed October 27, 1913.

Patented N ov.'3, 1914. Serial No. 797,531.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM. Same, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, and a resident of the city of Prince Rupert, in the Province ofBritish Columbia, Canada, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Fishing-Baits, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in fishing baits, with moreparticular reference to artificial baits for trolling purposes, and theobject of my invention is to devise a fishing bait which will trollstraight and with a steady motion, instead of jumping and turning in thewater as other trolls do. The ordinary method of trolling is well known,and, briefly stated, consists simply in pulling the ait through thewater, when, the fish, being .4 tracted thereto, may seize the bait andbe hooked thereby. The ordinary troll, however, as constructed at thepresent time, turns or jumps too much in the water as it is beingoperated, with the result that the fish will often miss the trollaltogether-,or will only be slightly hooked and thus be able to shakeoif the bait. To overcome this disadvantage I have devised a trollwithwhich the fish are nearly all hooked down in the throat, due tobeing able to strike them much harder on account of the steadier motionof the troll, this steady motion being obtained by the particularconstruction of the troll spoon, as illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings in which Figure l is an elevation of my troll, showing an edgeview of the spoon. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the spoon. Fig. 3 is alongitudinal sectional elevation of the spoon on the line X-Y in Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts throughout theseveral views.

A the spoon portion of my bait.

J; is the hook.

(J is a ring connecting the hook B to one end of the spoon A, theconnection being is a swivel connected to the other end of the spoon,the connection being made through the hole F.

i is the trolling line, which is secured to the outer-end of the swivelE.

My bait may be made ofany size and of any suitable material, and can beused for all kinds of fish. In construction, instead of forming theportion A spoon shape for its entire length, as in other trolls, I formit as shown in Figs. 2, and 3. That is, the ends only oi the portion Aare formed spoon shape, and oneend is turned upwardly and the other endis turned downwardly, while the intervening portion of A is madeperfectly Hat and straight, so that the longitudinal section, or thecomplete spoon is as shown in Fig. 55. I find that a troll having itsspoon formed in this manner will troll straight and with a much steadiermotion than can he obtained with other forms of trollsin which the spoonis formed as a complete spoon and without any flat straight portion. itwill be seen, therefore, that I have devised a fishing bait for trollingpurposes, \RlllCll will troll straight through the water and with a muchsteadier motion than is obtainable ,with the present forms of trolls,and on account of which stcadier motion, by striking the fish muchharder, the fish will be hooked down in the throat, instead ol asfl'WllW-lltly happens at the pres out time, their missing the baitaltogether or only being slightly hooked, due to the present forms oftrolls jumping or turning too much in the water when being operated.

What I claim as my invention is 1. In a fishing bait for trollingpurposes, the cmnbination with a hook and a swivel attaclnncnt, of anartificial bait member disposed betwcenthe hook and the swivelattaclunent, said member having substantially rcversely-set spoon shapedends and a flat straigl't" intervening portion therebetwcen, as and forthe purpose specified.

2. In a fishing bait for trolling purposes, on artificial bait membercomprising a. Hat striglit body portion, and reversely set substantiallyspoon shaped ends, and adapted to be connected at the ends to the hookand line, as and 'for the purpose specified.

Dated at Prince Rupert, B. 0., this 9' day of October, 1913.

7 CIIALs. WALLACE.

